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Get a designer’s tips for spinning and knitting a handspun sweater to show off the design details.
See Amy Tyler’s method of creating blended yarns by pre-drafting more than one color of roving together to produce interesting color variations.
Whether you’re measuring handspun or millspun, learn about some of the most common classifications for measuring knitting yarn.
A balanced skein is one that hangs without showing any twist in the skein and without any kinks in the yarn making up the skein.
I live in the northwest corner of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Winters are long here. Handspun mittens, therefore, are essential winter wear.
Learn how the orientation of your lazy kates can affect the outcome of plying your handspun yarn.
Blending accessories include anything that helps you get the fiber onto the blending board and back off again.